232467 Immigrant Health Care and the Patient Protection Act

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 : 2:50 PM - 3:10 PM

Al Hernandez-Santana, JD, MCP , Executive Director, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, Sacramento, CA
  
The goal of this session is to share fresh approaches to addressing the delivery of health care to immigrants and their families, regardless of legal status, in California and across nation under the health care reform act. The session will address the situation of legal immigrants with limited federal coverage and undocumented immigrants with no stated coverage. The session will offer a robust discussion on solutions to delivering healthcare to immigrants and families.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related education
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Recognize the complexities inherent to federal immigration law and allowable state options to cover immigrants. Identify three reasons for providing some type of coverage or health delivery to provide care to excluded and vulnerable populations. List three programs or facilities that offer services to migrant workers and seasonal workers. Articulate previous efforts to cover undocumented children and adults as part of public health insurance programs. Assess the political landscape that may bear on future efforts to include migrant populations as part of comprehensive immigration reform.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I oversee distribution of information on immigrant-friendly programs and policy analysis on health care to vulnerable populations.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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